Werner Jaeger

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Werner Jaeger

Literature

#1694

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Classical Studies

#137

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Werner Jaeger's Degrees

• PhD Classical Philology University of Marburg

Why Is Werner Jaeger Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Werner Wilhelm Jaeger was a German-American classicist. Life Werner Wilhelm Jaeger was born in Lobberich, Rhenish Prussia in the German Empire. He attended school in Lobberich and at the Gymnasium Thomaeum in Kempen. Jaeger studied at the University of Marburg and University of Berlin. He received a Ph.D. from the latter in 1911 for a dissertation on the Metaphysics of Aristotle. His habilitation was on Nemesios of Emesa in 1914. At only 26 years old, Jaeger was called to the professorial chair in Greek at the University of Basel in Switzerland once held by Friedrich Nietzsche. One year later, he moved to a similar position at Kiel, and in 1921 he returned to Berlin, succeeding to Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff. Jaeger remained in Berlin until 1936.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Werner Jaeger?

Werner Jaeger is affiliated with the following schools:

• Humboldt University of Berlin
• University of Marburg
• Kiel University
• University of Chicago
• University of Basel
• Harvard University